Clinical Research Training in Child Psychiatry

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请是5T32MH18951-12，儿童心理健康干预与服务研究博士后临床研究培训项目的竞争性更新。要求支助4名住院后儿童精神病医生、4名博士后儿童心理学家或其他有博士学位准备的专业人员和4名医科学生参加暑期研究选修课。在暑期研究经历中，医科学生与培训学院的一名研究导师一起研究一个项目，该项目将导致一项可发表的产品，以激发对儿童精神病学研究的更大兴趣。博士后培训计划准备学员在儿童心理健康干预和服务研究中提出原创的、尖锐的问题。强调以下方面：(1)临床流行病学，了解病程发病的预测因素，以及对儿童精神障碍治疗的反应；(2)采用临床试验方法进行干预与预防研究；(3)精神卫生服务研究，包括传播研究；(4)治疗反应的生物学和遗传学预测因子。一个具有长期和成功的研究和研究培训历史的多学科教师小组参与了该计划，具有上述所有领域的专业知识。该计划最重要的方面是学员与学术上成功的导师配对。导师让受训者参与现有项目，监督受训者撰写出版物，并帮助受训者起草研究方案，从而在该领域取得重大进展，并为独立研究提供外部资金。将为每位学员量身定制教学研究课程，以确保获得与学员研究兴趣相关的研究设计、统计和内容领域的核心知识。学员通过研讨会获得核心技能，包括研究问题的制定、拨款的撰写和项目管理（“研究生存技能”），以及在研究过程中处理伦理问题。在上一个项目期间，我们的毕业生取得了成功：项目11名毕业生中，10人发表了同行评审论文，9人获得了外部资助，7人获得学术任命，3人已经成为各自领域公认的领导者。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is a competitive renewal of 5T32MH18951-12, a postdoctoral clinical research training program in child mental health intervention and services research. Support is requested for four post-residency child psychiatrists, four post-doctoral child psychologists or other doctorally-prepared professionals, and four medical students for summer research electives. In the summer research experience, medical students work with a research preceptor from the training faculty on a project leading to a publishable product in order to stimulate greater interest in child psychiatry research. The postdoctoral training program prepares trainees to formulate original, incisive questions in child mental health intervention and services research. The following areas are emphasized: (1) clinical epidemiology, understanding the predictors of course onset, and response to treatment of child mental disorders; (2) intervention and prevention research using clinical trials methodology; (3) mental health services research, including dissemination studies; and (4) biological and genetic predictors of treatment response. A multidisciplinary faculty group with a long and successful history of research and research training is involved with the program, with expertise in all of the above-noted areas. The foremost aspect of the program is the pairing of the trainee with an academically successful mentor. The mentor involves the trainee in existing projects, supervises the trainee in the development of publications, and helps the trainee to draft research protocols that will lead to significant advances in the field and external funding for independent research. An individually tailored course of didactic study will be developed for each trainee to ensure the acquisition of core knowledge in research design, statistics, and content areas relevant to the research interests of the trainee. Trainees acquire core skills through seminars in formulation of research questions, grant writing, and project management ("research survival skills"), and managing ethical issues in the conduct of research. In the last project period, our graduates have been successful: of 11 graduates of the program, 10 have published peer-reviewed papers, and 9 have received external funding, 7 have academic appointments, and 3 are already recognized as leaders in their field.